Mental Health

Call our confidential Helpline on 0208 317 8273.

Domestic abuse can have a huge impact on your mental health. It is well established that domestic abuse is a major contributing factor to depression, anxiety and other mental health conditions. It is not uncommon for the severity of the impact on mental health to lead survivors to self-harm, have suicidal, thoughts or even attempt to take their own lives. It is also not uncommon for survivors to develop drug or alcohol issues or eating disorders. Trying to navigate an abusive relationship on top of a mental health condition is really challenging. However, the most important thing to remember is that anyone’s mental health would suffer in an abusive relationship and to manage as well as you have for as long as you have actually required a huge amount of strength and courage.

The truth is that 1 in 4 people in the U.K are living with some kind of mental health concern; you have nothing to be ashamed of. There are lots of services which can support you with your mental health and services which can help you to make sense of the abusive relationship. Please free to call our advice line on 020 8317 8273 or click here to find specialist support services.

"The truth is that 1 in 4 people in the U.K are living with some kind of mental health concern; you have nothing to be ashamed of."

"To manage as well as you have, for as long as you have required a huge amount of strength and courage."

Specialist Support and Advice

Greenwich Time to Talk

Greenwich Time to Talk provides psychological treatment for people aged 18 and above living in the borough of Greenwich with common concerns such as anxiety or depression.

Greenwich Mind is a community based mental health centre. They have the philosophy that mental health is an issue for everyone. They run many activities for people who live in the Royal Borough of Greenwich for people who want to look after and improve their mental health and well-being.

Advice and drop in sessions (Tues/Wed/Thurs/Sat 10.00am-5.00pm; Fri 2.00pm-5.00pm) for women in London affected by violence, homelessness, rape or sexual abuse, prostitution or domestic violence. Support relating to mental health and/or substance misuse problems as a result of violence. Counselling service. Support groups and workshops to encourage self-esteem and confidence.

Internet Explorer

When InPrivate Browsing is turned on, you will see this indicator in the address bar

InPrivate Browsing helps prevent Internet Explorer from storing data about your browsing session.
This includes cookies, temporary Internet files, history, and other data. Toolbars and extensions are disabled by default

Browsers store some info—like your search history—to help improve your experience on the web.
When you use InPrivate Browsing, info like passwords, search history, and page history is deleted once you close the tab.

To open an InPrivate Browsing session, right–select the Internet Explorer icon on the taskbar, and select Start InPrivate Browsing.
Or if you have already opened Internet Explorer select the Settings icon to the extreme right side of the address bar.
Doing so will present a list of options, one of which reads Safety. Selecting this option presents another set of options, one of which is InPrivate Browsing.
Clicking this option will open a new window allowing private browsing, and which can be closed with a single click.

Firefox

As you browse the web, Firefox remembers lots of information for you - like the sites you've visited. There may be times, however,
when you don't want people with access to your computer to see this information.
Private Browsing allows you to browse the Internet without saving any information about which sites and pages you’ve visited.

There are two ways to open a new Private Window.

Open a new, blank Private Window
Click the menu button and then click "New Private Window".

Open a link in a new Private Window
Right-click on any link and choose "Open Link in New Private Window" from the context menu.

Safari

When you use Private Browsing windows, Safari doesn’t save your browsing history, and it asks websites you visit not to track you.

To use Private Browsing: Choose File > New Private Window, or switch to a Safari window that’s already using Private Browsing. A window that’s using Private Browsing has a dark Smart Search field with white text.

Chrome

If you don’t want Google Chrome to save a record of what you visit and download, you can browse the web privately in Incognito mode.

The method for starting Incognito may very depening on the PC you are using. The default method in Chrome is to click on the 3 dots to the extreme right side of the address bar. Doing so will present a list of options, one of which is New Incognito Window.
Clicking this option will open a new window allowing private browsing, and which can be closed with a single click.

How Incognito mode worksIncognito mode opens a new window where you can browse the Internet in private without Chrome saving the sites you visit. You can switch between an Incognito window and any regular Chrome browsing windows you have open. You'll only be in Incognito mode when you're using the Incognito window.

Others can see some information
Incognito mode only prevents Chrome from saving your site visit activity. It won't stop other sources from seeing what sites you’ve visited, including:

Your Internet service provider

Your employer (if you're using a work computer)

The websites you visit themselves

Downloads are saved to your computer
Chrome won’t save a record of the files you download in Incognito mode. However, the downloaded files will be saved to your computer’s Downloads folder, even after you close your Incognito tabs. You and anyone who uses your computer can see and open the files.

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